Co-writers: 1. Fenita Jones 2.Deshaun Robinson 3.Wimberly Hughes 4.Dalvin Haley 5.Chris Hernandez This is Wimberly i was letting ya'll know i will be starting on my over the weekend. So who is going to do what part so we wont have to worry about somebody overwriting somebody else's [[#|work]]. Wimberly is doing the explain the issue and introduction and summarizing the text Deshaun is doing the Discuss major claims and fanita i guess acknowledging the points and discuss weaknesses like on page 8 in the book breakdown and the rest if you need help just let us know. Fenita here that is perfectly fine with me, sorry I'm just getting to see this had a family emergency but I'm working on it now, Thanks this is chris, sorry i havent been able to start on his, i was out of town all weekend. I have all day to work on it today, but what part do you guys want me to do? This is Wimberly just kinda read whats going on and add what you think might need to be there! This is Fenita i will posting the acknowledges and discuss the weaknesses of this article later tonight
This is Dalvin well I guess i am going to add things on as well Why Are there Absent Fathers?
Summary
Rebecca M. Blank a Professor of Economics at Northwestern University. There at the university she directed the Joint Center for Poverty Research, also she served on the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration. In Blank Article she talks about why there are more absent father and unmarried men and why there is so little talk about them. Also how the government give more help to women than they do men. Blank gives statistic and charts to show how many absent fathers there are. Could there be a reason to so many absent fathers in today society? Seeing there are more job cut backs and that’s proven because of the unemployment rate or some have just went off to make a better life for themselves and their children. In the article "Absent Fathers: Why Don’t We Ever Talk About the Unmarried men?' by Blank she talks about low income single men who father [[#|low income]]single households. Blank informs us on how we know so little about these fathers. Blank reason for us knowing so little about the fathers is because those men are less likely publicly known than the mothers of the children. She informs on how we provide little assistance to single men, which is why they have less communication to the public or any private organization that helps and serve [[#|low income]] families. Among the younger men around the ages of 18 – 34 a lot of them are under judicial system, among these men 37 % African American. She stats among these men African American and Latino men not only being less skilled, or low income they face problems of discrimination. She talks about how young black men are treated with hostility by the white society. Blank talks about how many less skilled single mothers are finding it hard to get out of poverty through what they earn so they seek more income through support of absent fathers. She informs us that the child support among single women collected is low. She shows a chart on how only about 25 percent of the poor women get child support, and only about fourteen never married women will get child support payments. Blank also tries to point out just because a father has very little funds doesn't mean they can’t be involve with children. She discusses how just because a father doesn't pay or misses a few payments of child support doesn't mean they are not present in the child life. She continues to ask questions like is the decline in marriage and decrease support for father’s part of the economic change? (Blank 439-44)
In society, as a whole nobody worries about the father that is missing from the picture. They are not even concerned about the reason why he is not there. Rebecca Blank sheds light on this situation by helping us realize that there are many reasons that a father is not active/present in their child's life. Blank associate’s fathers who are absent in their child's life to men who have a low income, or who father children without being married. Blank states that these types of men are the ones who are out of the picture in their child's life. She also states that these men are more likely to be involved in criminal activity or use drugs. There are some exceptions some of these men have never been involved in any criminal activity and some are even married to the mother of their children. In the general public why is the child father not visible. In most situation when it comes to a child in school its normally the mother who is seen as involved. Where are these fathers and whats there story behind them not being around and there for there child. (Blank 440-41)
[[#|Child support]] is normally given to a single mother when she needs additional help when the child’s father is not around. Child support is something that is applied for early in the child’s life or later on if the child is under the age of eight teen and a divorce has occurred. When it comes to society’s point of view the mother is the best option in the child life, unless proven otherwise in court system. When it comes to single fathers they get little or no assistance to raising their child alone. The government helps the mother but when it comes to the father there little to no assistance to them. Blank states that the father should bear their fair share of financial responsibility of raising their child. Single mothers who are not married are the ones who suffer the most when it comes to get help from the child fathers. Out of all children born to unmarried women, less than 1/3 of them paternity established at the time of birth says Blank. This means that if the paternity is not confirmed at the time of birth the mother will have to find a way to support not only herself, but support her new born baby as well. This in return makes It harder on the mother to file for child support because she will first have to find the father, and then have him submit a DNA sample to be tested and confirmed before any financial help is given to her. Even if the mother knows who the father of the child is and also knows where he is located it can also be difficult for her to file child support. (Blank 441-444)
Argument
Looking over Blanks point of view, some fathers may not be in their children’s lives but regardless single mothers are still getting the help they need, even if they have to go through the law in order to get help from that absent father. So really the absent fathers bring it on themselves rather or not to do for their children without bringing the law into the situation. Although child support is helpful, it’s still had its own pros and cons. There have been plenty of single mothers who might have applied for child support but only receive little amounts per month to help out in the house hold. This could result to the fact that absent fathers are only wanting to give a little or some who just don’t want to pay. Single mothers then go out and apply and get second jobs to work to meet financial requirements within the house hold. Although its hard on the single mothers, some men even have it hard. Once they get out of jail its very hard to support a family let alone the children. Its so hard for an ex prisoner to even confirm an actually interview let alone actually receiving the job, itself at the end of the day. Honestly, no one wants a criminal working at place that can cause any type of harm. First thing is that most managers are already judgmental coming into the situation by the father being an ex con. Second, they always want to know why, what person wouldn't be curious. What actions took place, that made you decide or even think to pursuit this actions. And after all that its still will take a good explanation, appearance and personality to even leave them with a great perspective on you. This can only make it difficult to even put food on the table or even pay a couple bills, if some are actually willing to take care of responsibilities. Also being pointed out, is the fact that their are plenty of absent young fathers in the world. This usually occurs because teens and young adults have unprotected sex or a defect occurs. Soon when young males find out of a pregnancy they hit the exit door. Some are either still so immature to take part in the responsibility of taking care of a child or afraid of the fact of growing up, Some go on with their lives like nothing even happened, resulting them to being an absent father in their child’s life and continuing on with the life he has grown accustom to for a while. Regardless mothers will still have to struggle and maintain a stable household, and money will still play a huge part in making sure that everything is taken care of. From bills, gas, actives, food and clothing single mother will have to continue to provide these items and more. (Blank 439-44)
Conclusion
Inclusion there is not much attention to the father and the things that he doesn't do versus the things he actually does for their child. Surprisingly most fathers are a part of their child's life according to blank.(Blank 439-44)Even if the father is not in their child's life the court will make sure that you take care of the child. Although the court steps into this problem doesn't always mean that everything goes smooth. I say this because the father may have a low paying job or choose not to pay either case the mother doesn't get the money she needs to take care of their child. Suppose that the father tried to get help from the government the would have gotten little to no help from the government (Blank 439-44). The majority of the father's that don't stay in their kid's life are children of divorce or unmarried parents according to the study of Blank (Blank 439-44).This seems to be a surprise to most people because it seem like divorce would make the father make a stronger bond with their child In society view the dad is never the best option for a kid unless the father is backed up by the court. Blank wraps it up when she says that we should appreciate the good father's that are actually there and provide for their child.(Blank 439-44)
Work Cited
Blank, Rebecca M.Absent Fathers: Why Don't We Ever Talk About The Unmarried Men. Princeton University Press, 1997. 42-47. Print. Rpt. inWriting in the Disciplines: A Reader and Rhetoric for Academic Writers, 6th ed. Ed. Mary Lynch Kennedy and William J.Kennedy. Boston; Pearson 2009. 439-44. Print.
1. Fenita Jones
2.Deshaun Robinson
3.Wimberly Hughes
4.Dalvin Haley
5.Chris Hernandez
This is Wimberly i was letting ya'll know i will be starting on my over the weekend.
So who is going to do what part so we wont have to worry about somebody overwriting somebody else's [[#|work]].
Wimberly is doing the explain the issue and introduction and summarizing the text
Deshaun is doing the Discuss major claims and fanita i guess acknowledging the points and discuss weaknesses like on page 8 in the book breakdown and the rest if you need help just let us know.
Fenita here that is perfectly fine with me, sorry I'm just getting to see this had a family emergency but I'm working on it now, Thanks
this is chris, sorry i havent been able to start on his, i was out of town all weekend. I have all day to work on it today, but what part do you guys want me to do?
This is Wimberly just kinda read whats going on and add what you think might need to be there!
This is Fenita i will posting the acknowledges and discuss the weaknesses of this article later tonight
This is Dalvin well I guess i am going to add things on as well
Why Are there Absent Fathers?
Summary
Rebecca M. Blank a Professor of Economics at Northwestern University. There at the university she directed the Joint Center for Poverty Research, also she served on the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration. In Blank Article she talks about why there are more absent father and unmarried men and why there is so little talk about them. Also how the government give more help to women than they do men. Blank gives statistic and charts to show how many absent fathers there are. Could there be a reason to so many absent fathers in today society? Seeing there are more job cut backs and that’s proven because of the unemployment rate or some have just went off to make a better life for themselves and their children. In the article "Absent Fathers: Why Don’t We Ever Talk About the Unmarried men?' by Blank she talks about low income single men who father [[#|low income]]single households. Blank informs us on how we know so little about these fathers. Blank reason for us knowing so little about the fathers is because those men are less likely publicly known than the mothers of the children. She informs on how we provide little assistance to single men, which is why they have less communication to the public or any private organization that helps and serve [[#|low income]] families. Among the younger men around the ages of 18 – 34 a lot of them are under judicial system, among these men 37 % African American. She stats among these men African American and Latino men not only being less skilled, or low income they face problems of discrimination. She talks about how young black men are treated with hostility by the white society. Blank talks about how many less skilled single mothers are finding it hard to get out of poverty through what they earn so they seek more income through support of absent fathers. She informs us that the child support among single women collected is low. She shows a chart on how only about 25 percent of the poor women get child support, and only about fourteen never married women will get child support payments. Blank also tries to point out just because a father has very little funds doesn't mean they can’t be involve with children. She discusses how just because a father doesn't pay or misses a few payments of child support doesn't mean they are not present in the child life. She continues to ask questions like is the decline in marriage and decrease support for father’s part of the economic change? (Blank 439-44)
In society, as a whole nobody worries about the father that is missing from the picture. They are not even concerned about the reason why he is not there. Rebecca Blank sheds light on this situation by helping us realize that there are many reasons that a father is not active/present in their child's life. Blank associate’s fathers who are absent in their child's life to men who have a low income, or who father children without being married. Blank states that these types of men are the ones who are out of the picture in their child's life. She also states that these men are more likely to be involved in criminal activity or use drugs. There are some exceptions some of these men have never been involved in any criminal activity and some are even married to the mother of their children. In the general public why is the child father not visible. In most situation when it comes to a child in school its normally the mother who is seen as involved. Where are these fathers and whats there story behind them not being around and there for there child. (Blank 440-41)
[[#|Child support]] is normally given to a single mother when she needs additional help when the child’s father is not around. Child support is something that is applied for early in the child’s life or later on if the child is under the age of eight teen and a divorce has occurred. When it comes to society’s point of view the mother is the best option in the child life, unless proven otherwise in court system. When it comes to single fathers they get little or no assistance to raising their child alone. The government helps the mother but when it comes to the father there little to no assistance to them. Blank states that the father should bear their fair share of financial responsibility of raising their child. Single mothers who are not married are the ones who suffer the most when it comes to get help from the child fathers. Out of all children born to unmarried women, less than 1/3 of them paternity established at the time of birth says Blank. This means that if the paternity is not confirmed at the time of birth the mother will have to find a way to support not only herself, but support her new born baby as well. This in return makes It harder on the mother to file for child support because she will first have to find the father, and then have him submit a DNA sample to be tested and confirmed before any financial help is given to her. Even if the mother knows who the father of the child is and also knows where he is located it can also be difficult for her to file child support. (Blank 441-444)
Argument
Looking over Blanks point of view, some fathers may not be in their children’s lives but regardless single mothers are still getting the help they need, even if they have to go through the law in order to get help from that absent father. So really the absent fathers bring it on themselves rather or not to do for their children without bringing the law into the situation. Although child support is helpful, it’s still had its own pros and cons. There have been plenty of single mothers who might have applied for child support but only receive little amounts per month to help out in the house hold. This could result to the fact that absent fathers are only wanting to give a little or some who just don’t want to pay. Single mothers then go out and apply and get second jobs to work to meet financial requirements within the house hold. Although its hard on the single mothers, some men even have it hard. Once they get out of jail its very hard to support a family let alone the children. Its so hard for an ex prisoner to even confirm an actually interview let alone actually receiving the job, itself at the end of the day. Honestly, no one wants a criminal working at place that can cause any type of harm. First thing is that most managers are already judgmental coming into the situation by the father being an ex con. Second, they always want to know why, what person wouldn't be curious. What actions took place, that made you decide or even think to pursuit this actions. And after all that its still will take a good explanation, appearance and personality to even leave them with a great perspective on you. This can only make it difficult to even put food on the table or even pay a couple bills, if some are actually willing to take care of responsibilities. Also being pointed out, is the fact that their are plenty of absent young fathers in the world. This usually occurs because teens and young adults have unprotected sex or a defect occurs. Soon when young males find out of a pregnancy they hit the exit door. Some are either still so immature to take part in the responsibility of taking care of a child or afraid of the fact of growing up, Some go on with their lives like nothing even happened, resulting them to being an absent father in their child’s life and continuing on with the life he has grown accustom to for a while. Regardless mothers will still have to struggle and maintain a stable household, and money will still play a huge part in making sure that everything is taken care of. From bills, gas, actives, food and clothing single mother will have to continue to provide these items and more. (Blank 439-44)
Conclusion
Inclusion there is not much attention to the father and the things that he doesn't do versus the things he actually does for their child. Surprisingly most fathers are a part of their child's life according to blank.(Blank 439-44)Even if the father is not in their child's life the court will make sure that you take care of the child. Although the court steps into this problem doesn't always mean that everything goes smooth. I say this because the father may have a low paying job or choose not to pay either case the mother doesn't get the money she needs to take care of their child. Suppose that the father tried to get help from the government the would have gotten little to no help from the government (Blank 439-44). The majority of the father's that don't stay in their kid's life are children of divorce or unmarried parents according to the study of Blank (Blank 439-44).This seems to be a surprise to most people because it seem like divorce would make the father make a stronger bond with their child In society view the dad is never the best option for a kid unless the father is backed up by the court. Blank wraps it up when she says that we should appreciate the good father's that are actually there and provide for their child.(Blank 439-44)
Work Cited
Blank, Rebecca M.Absent Fathers: Why Don't We Ever Talk About The Unmarried Men. Princeton University Press, 1997. 42-47. Print. Rpt. inWriting in the Disciplines: A Reader and Rhetoric for Academic Writers, 6th ed. Ed. Mary Lynch Kennedy and William J.Kennedy. Boston; Pearson 2009. 439-44. Print.